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EP4013678 - METHOD OF SPRAYING A FIELD WITH AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been withdrawn Status updated on 15.12.2023 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 28.07.2023
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 20.05.2022
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 19.02.2021
Former	unknown Status updated on 14.08.2020
Most recent event Tooltip	15.12.2023	Withdrawal of application	published on 17.01.2024 [2024/03]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Bayer Aktiengesellschaft Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 1 51373 Leverkusen / DE
	[2022/25]
Inventor(s)	01 / FAERS, Malcolm Benrather Schlossallee 92 40597 Düsseldorf / DE
	02 / CHAPPLE, Andrew Charles Färberstr. 7a 40764 Langenfeld / DE
	[2022/25]
Representative(s)	BIP Patents c/o Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH Alfred-Nobel-Straße 50 40789 Monheim am Rhein / DE
	[2022/25]
Application number, filing date	20751167.6	10.08.2020
	[2022/25]
	WO2020EP72340
Priority number, date	EP20190191884	15.08.2019 Original published format: EP 19191884
	[2022/25]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2021028368
	Date:	18.02.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/07]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP4013678
	Date:	22.06.2022
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.02.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2022/25]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	18.02.2021
Classification	IPC:	B64D1/18, B60V1/08	[2022/25]
	CPC:	B60V1/08 (EP); B64D1/18 (EP,CN,US); B64U2101/40 (EP,CN,US); B64U2101/45 (EP,CN,US)
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2022/25]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUM BESPRÜHEN EINES FELDES MIT EINEM UNBEMANNTEN LUFTFAHRZEUG	[2022/25]
	English:	METHOD OF SPRAYING A FIELD WITH AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE	[2022/25]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ DE PULVÉRISATION D'UN CHAMP AVEC UN VÉHICULE AÉRIEN SANS PILOTE	[2022/25]
Entry into regional phase	15.03.2022	National basic fee paid
	15.03.2022	Designation fee(s) paid
	15.03.2022	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	15.03.2022	Examination requested [2022/25]
	15.03.2022	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	15.09.2022	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	27.07.2023	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	13.12.2023	Application withdrawn by applicant [2024/03]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	26.07.2022	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.07.2023	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited in	International search	[Y] US2016304200 (LOPEZ-POY JORGE ALEJANDRO et al.) [Y] 1-16,22-24 * the whole document *
		[Y] KR101876846 (주식회사 신드론) [Y] 1-5,9-12,24 * the whole document *
		[Y] WO2018171089 (UNIV TSINGHUA et al.) [Y] 6-8 * abstract *
		[A] CN108298088 (CAI XIAO et al.) [A] 1-24 * the whole document *
		[Y] FR2313263 (LANGLOIS JACQUES et al.) [Y] 13-15,17 * page 1; figures 1,3 *
		[Y] GB1507607 (CIBA GEIGY AG et al.) [Y] 13-17 * page 1 - page 2; figures 1-5 *
		[Y] MOGENS GRAF PLESSEN: "Partial Field Coverage Based on Two Path Planning Patterns", ARXIV.ORG, CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, 201 OLIN LIBRARY CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA, NY 14853, 24 July 2017 (2017-07-24), XP081309475 [Y] 22,23 * pages 18-20; figure 7 *

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